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Immer mehr Firmen interessieren sich für SaaS-Modelle, sind beim Thema ERP aber noch zurückhaltend. Gerade für kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen sind derlei Angebote jedoch interessant. Software as a Service (SaaS) spielt im ERP-Bereich im Vergleich zu anderen Anwendungen wie etwa Customer-Relationship-Management (CRM) bislang eine eher untergeordnete Rolle in Deutschland. Nahezu alle [... mehr]

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Opponents of shared IT services in government have a new case study they point to, and NetApp's busy executives have another tricky item to consider after a major Australian shared services organisation failed.That agency is CenITex, created in 2008 by the government of Australian state Victoria. CenITex's original vision called for it to handle standard IT chores for a wide range of government [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

When’s the last time you approached an employee, perhaps about a new software tool or a cloud-based financial management system, and asked, simply, “What do you think of this?” If you can’t recall, says Vala Afshar, chief marketing and customer officer for network security firm Enterasys, your business is probably missing out on innovations and ideas fostered by a culture [... mehr]

Quelle: CFO.com (Original URL)

Computerworld - A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday. According to Soluto, an Israeli PC management service provider, just 39% of owners of desktop PCs powered by Windows 8 launch a Modern user interface [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

Am 28. und 29. August 2013 laden ChannelPartner gemeinsam mit iTeam und Akcent zum großen Systemhauskongress "Chancen 2014" nach Düsseldorf ein.Foto: ChannelPartnerIhr Tagesgeschäft läuft? Sie haben womöglich schon neue, konkrete Ideen, um Ihr Geschäft strategisch weiterzuentwickeln - beispielsweise mit CRM as a Service, E-Mail-Archivierung, Mobile Device Management, Unified Communication & [... mehr]

Quelle: ChannelPartner (Original URL)

“Behind the label of any product is a deeper story about its social and environmental implications,” says the website of Gap Gap Inc [GPS] under the heading, Make A Difference. “Were the workers who made the product treated fairly? Were environmental considerations weighed during its design, manufacture and transport? What is a brand’s commitment to creating positive change? Pertinent questions [... mehr]

Quelle: Forbes Technology (Original URL)

The top benefit of a paperless office is the ability to save money by reorganizing paper files into a cohesive, user-friendly electronic system. A document management system, or content management system (CMS), will significantly cut down on employee time wasted day after day by manually filing and searching for physical documents. But is now the right time to make the switch? Let BuyerZone help [... mehr]

Quelle: CFO Daily News (Original URL)

Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service.CloudPortal Business Manager is a services delivery platform that lets enterprises and service providers control user management, provisioning and other operational aspects of a cloud from a single interface. This is functionality Cloudian will [... mehr]

Quelle: Techworld (Original URL)

As operators of utilities desperately clinging to their WWI-vintage business models prepare their Maginot Line defences of altered tariffs and higher connection fees, it might pay them to pull out the periscope and peer over the trenches to see what exactly is about to come their way.Last week, the top executive team from the US-based solar company SunPower held an all-day analysts briefing – [... mehr]

Quelle: CleanTechnica (Original URL)

Ask Hewlett-Packard’s head of human resources, Tracy Keogh, how the big Silicon Valley tech company filled its executive positions a few years ago, and a rueful look comes over her face. “We were everybody’s favorite client in the executive-search industry,” she says. HP had lost its ability — or willingness — to promote from within. When big jobs came open, the talent strategy at the time [... mehr]

Quelle: Forbes Technology (Original URL)

gvm.Der Schweizer Hersteller von Computerperipheriegeräten, Logitech International, ist zuversichtlich, seinen (gebeutelten) Aktionären ab diesem Jahr wieder regelmässig eine Dividende ausschütten zu können. An einer Investoren-Tagung in Zürich erklärte das Unternehmen, dass der Verwaltungsrat der Generalversammlung im September die Zahlung einer Dividende von 0.21 Fr. pro Aktie vorschlagen [... mehr]

Quelle: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Original URL)

Becoming an investor is easier than it’s ever been, and yet the vast majority of people today aren’t making individual investments. To help get more people investing, Loyal3 has built a platform enabling consumers to invest in companies without paying transaction or management fees. And to meet that goal, the company has raised more money in an effort to democratize stock ownership.Loyal3 [... mehr]

Quelle: TechCrunch (Original URL)

While the CIOs are still trying to grasp the definition of software-defined networking, VMware is prefixing software-defined to datacenters as well. As more enterprise applications move to the cloud, datacenters will become more critical. Converting a virtualized datacenter to a software-defined datacenter will lead to automation and self-service. VMware’s software-defined datacenter [... mehr]

Quelle: CXO Today (Original URL)

Risk-Manager dürfen sich im Zweifelsfall direkt an den richtigen Ansprechpartner wenden, selbst wenn sie dabei formale Kommunikationsregeln brechen. Wie eine gute Risiko-Kultur aussieht, erklären die Berater von McKinsey. Die Risiko-Anfälligkeit eines Unternehmens steht und fällt mit den Menschen. Die US-Amerikanerin Alexis Krivkovich und die Britin Cindy Levy, beide Analystinnen beim Consultant [... mehr]

Quelle: CIO (Original URL)

Citrix has made a slew of product announcements, designed to make enterprise applications more accessible via mobile devices.Speaking at the company's Synergy conference in Los Angeles today, Citrix CEO Mark Templeton said that CIOs around the world are increasingly looking for ways to mobilise their businesses.“Consumerisation is affecting absolutely everything – the devices, the [... mehr]

Quelle: Techworld (Original URL)

Data Analytics enables enterprises to manage and automate large volumes of data in order to enhance decision making and achieve their growth objectives. According to a NASSCOM report, the Indian data analytics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25 per cent to become a $1 billion industry by 2020. The banking sector in India is also realizing the importance of data analytics and many [... mehr]

Quelle: CXO Today (Original URL)

Stratos Komotoglou, Director Sales und Marketing, EBF (Bild: VBM-Archiv)Auf der „IT-SECURITY MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY Conference 2013“ steht Mobile Security groß auf der Agenda. Stratos Komotoglou vom Beratungsunternehmen und Softwarehaus EBF zeigt die Herausforderungen der Integration mobiler Endgeräte auf.ITB: Auf der Veranstaltung stellen Sie die Mobilität anhand von Praxisbeispielen vor. Was [... mehr]

Quelle: IT Business (Original URL)

Das US-Unternehmen ServiceNow hat sich in den zehn Jahren seit der Firmengründung zum führenden Anbieter für cloud-basiertes IT Service Management (ITSM) gemausert. Die Firma wächst weiter rasant – eine der Hauptherausforderungen ist es nun, mit dem eigenen Wachstum Schritt zu halten. “Bis dato können wir das Wachstum managen”, sagt DACH-Chef Manfred Eierle.“Weltweit [... mehr]

Quelle: silicon.de (Original URL)

Hitachi Data Services will begin offering pay-per-use cloud storage services to its customers and for use by service providers to build their own services as part of its Cloud Service Provider programme.This move by HDS comes as Dell withdraws from public cloud services and after its cancellation of its DX6000 object storage product.Hitachi Cloud Services is a Hitachi Data Services (HDS) owned [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

Servicenow, bekannt als Anbieter Cloud-basierter Lösungen für das IT-Service-Management (ITSM), hat seinen Fokus auf die Prozessautomation allgemein ausgedehnt. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat das Softwarehaus mit der Lösung Cloud Provisioning ein Werkzeug für das Management heterogener Cloud-Services im Unternehmen vorgestellt. Weitere Neuerungen im Umfeld der Servicenow-Hausmesse Knowledge13 mit [... mehr]

Quelle: LANline (Original URL)

Citrix, Spezialist für Cloud Computing und Marktführer im Bereich ortsunabhängiges Arbeiten, ließ auf seiner Hauskonferenz Synergy, die noch bis 24. Mai im Anaheim Convention Center nahe Los Angeles läuft, eine Reihe Ankündigungen zum Thema Mobility vom Stapel. Im Zentrum der Eröffnungs-Keynote von CEO Mark Templeton standen die neue Version 7 der Flaggschifflösung Xendesktop, die [... mehr]

Quelle: LANline (Original URL)

Tamarc 2 von Tower One soll das Mobile Device Management vereinfachen; der Hersteller bietet eine Server-Engine und Apps. (Bild: Tower One)Das Münchener Software-Unternehmen Tower One stellt die Server-Anwendung „Tarmac 2“ vor. Diese hilft, den Rollout von iOS-Mobilgeräten in Unternehmen zu bewerkstelligen. Dazu gibt es eine Briefing-Center-App, die dazu beitragen soll, die Produktivität im [... mehr]

Quelle: IT Business (Original URL)

Technology investment remains a top priority for banks, according to a survey conducted by audit firm KPMG. The survey reveals that when asked to identify the three areas where banks would most increase spending over the next one year, 54 per cent indicated IT would be the number one area of investment, followed by regulation and control environment at 44 per cent, and geographic expansion at 37 [... mehr]

Quelle: CXO Today (Original URL)

Druck- und Papierprozesse sind anfällig für Sicherheitsrisiken und verursachen hohe Kosten. Doch wie bekommt man das Sicherheitsrisiko "Drucker" in den Griff bekommt? Und wie lassen sich papierbasierte Prozesse schneller, sicherer, effizienter und transparenter machen? Antworten auf diese Fragen zeigt Mario Wöll, Senior Solution Consultant bei der Intracon GmbH, auf dem Channel Sales Kongress [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerwoche (Original URL)

Doch Leistung und Image korrelieren nicht immer. Das wird auch am Beispiel der IT-Wahrnehmung deutlich. Nur 38 Prozent der Studienteilnehmer sind von einem guten oder sehr guten Image ihres Bereichs überzeugt. Elf Prozent fürchten, dass sie in den Fachbereichen ein "mangelhaftes" Bild abgeben. Und 15 Prozent haben keine Ahnung, wie sie dort draußen ankommen.Die IT in den Fachbereichen ist im [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerwoche (Original URL)

In den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten hat sich international die Disziplin des "Requirements Engineering" (RE) entwickelt. In diesem Zusammenhang nur von der "Anforderungsanalyse" zu sprechen, wäre zu kurz gegriffen. Engineering umfasst mehr als nur die Analyse, und "Requirements Engineering und Management" (RE&M) geht noch einmal darüber hinaus. Weshalb ist RE&M für Projekte so [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerwoche (Original URL)

Regulatory risks, such as the threat of government pressure to reallocate capital, are the number one threat facing companies in a variety of industries, according to a recent KPMG survey of C-Suite executives.Seventy percent of C-suite executives across all industries said that regulatory changes have caused either substantial or moderate changes in their risk management and reporting processes [... mehr]

Quelle: CFO.com (Original URL)

Computerworld - With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday.The tech industry had won. It was getting late in the day and the committee was moments away from adopting, in a 16-2 vote, 19-pages of tech industry sponsored amendments to the H-1B provisions in the long-awaited [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

IDG News Service - Citrix Systems is making its cloud-based storage service ShareFile more Microsoft-friendly with SharePoint integration and the ability to store data on Azure. Services for storing and sharing content in the cloud started in the consumer sector, but more enterprises are now adopting rather than blocking them. Citrix saw this trend coming and acquired ShareFile back in October [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

Two of the greatest fears about cloud computing deal with security — data security and job security. Caution continues to reign around data security, but any implosion of IT-related jobs has yet to materialize.Photo credit: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook Yes, IT managers and professionals are working with increasingly restrained resources under impossible deadlines, [... mehr]

Quelle: Forbes Technology (Original URL)

Sony (SNE) shares spike following investor enthusiasm over a potential spinoff of the company’s entertainment business.Sony (SNE) has seen a spike in shares following reports that the company is considering spinning off its entertainment arm. Share price has gone up both in the US and Tokyo exchanges after some reports indicated that the company may be considering a plan suggested by investor [... mehr]

Quelle: Forbes Technology (Original URL)

IDG News Service - Citrix Systems is making its cloud-based storage service ShareFile more Microsoft-friendly with SharePoint integration and the ability to store data on Azure.Services for storing and sharing content in the cloud started in the consumer sector, but more enterprises are now adopting rather than blocking them. Citrix saw this trend coming and acquired ShareFile back in October [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

Citrix Systems is just as eager to cloudify its installed base of customers as is VMware, and it has taken one step closer to accomplishing that goal with the launch of XenDesktop 7 at its Synergy customer and partner event in Anaheim.Both companies have vast installed bases: VMware has 500,000 customers with around 38 million virtual machines who can be abstracted one higher level up to [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

Dirk Elsner macht sich Gedanken, wie gut die deutsche Wirtschaft auf die geplante Umstellung des Zahlungsverkehrs vorbereitet ist. Denn die Zeit drängt.Ich glaube, SEPA ist derzeit das unbeliebteste Schlagwort bei Banken und Unternehmen in Europa. Im letzten Jahr läutete ich meine Beitragsreihe über die Single Euro Payments Area auf CFO World bereits mit dem Titel “Drohung über der [... mehr]

Quelle: CFOworld (Original URL)

Andreas Zeuch stellt fünf Prinzipien vor, die er als Voraussetzung für die Etablierung einer effektiven EntscheidungsKultur ansieht.In meiner ersten Kolumne präsentierte ich „Die 3 Dimensionen des Entscheidens“: Die individuelle EntscheidungsKompetenz, die unternehmerische EntscheidungsKultur und das operative EntscheidungsDesign. In dieser Kolumne erfahren Sie, welche Prinzipien die [... mehr]

Quelle: CFOworld (Original URL)

Who is Jamie Dimon? The benign view is that of Jamie Dimon triumphant in his dual role of Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase [JPM]. This is the Jamie Dimon who, according to the Wall Street Journal, yesterday “tightened his grip” on the nation’s biggest bank. as shareholders of J.P. Morgan Chase “overwhelmingly endorsed his dual role.” This is the Jamie Dimon who is saluted on the [... mehr]

Quelle: Forbes Technology (Original URL)

Object-storage flogger HDS has upgraded its object storage platform to provide firewall-guarded file sync 'n' share access to BYOD users.The Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere product is the sync 'n' share version of the original Hitachi Content Platform (HCP).With the Anywhere product, data is kept on HCP, where it is secure, protected and compliant rather than being released into the lawless [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) ist als Aussteller auf dem Linuxtag 2013 vertreten, der vom vom 22. bis 25. Mai 2013 auf dem Messegelände unter dem Funkturm in Berlin stattfindet. Am Messestand des BSI in Halle 7.1c, Stand 168 können sich die Messebesucher über die aktuellen Projekte des BSI im Bereich Freier Software informieren.So stellt das BSI unter anderem [... mehr]

Quelle: Bundesamt für Sicherheit (Original URL)

CIO - Personal branding isn't a new topic. In fact, it's been around since roughly 1997 when Tom Peters coined the phrase, but as we slowly recover from the economic downturn and with the rise of new technology and an increase IT consulting, personal branding is becoming more prevalent and more important.Regardless of your role in IT--whether you are a CIO, a developer or a helpdesk technician-- [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

CIO - Healthcare providers have unique data storage challenges. Not only is the data they deal with highly sensitive and highly regulated, but much of it needs to be stored in a live or nearly live state indefinitely. The data must also be kept sacrosanct. For a host of medical reasons (and a few legal ones as well), you cannot alter patients' records once they are archived.The industry is also [... mehr]

Quelle: Computerworld (Original URL)

Practice Fusion has made a name for itself over the past few years by tapping into enormous demand for digital health information — particularly health records. From its inception in 2005, the startup has been on a mission to disrupt the slow-moving, archaic world of Healthcare IT by providing a free, web-based electronic medical records (EMR) platform to doctors and their practices.These days, [... mehr]

Quelle: TechCrunch (Original URL)

Florian Oelmaier, Leiter IT-Sicherheit & Computerkriminalität, IT-Krisenmanagement, Corporate Trust Business Risk & Crisis Management (Bild: VBM-Archiv)In seiner Keynote auf der „IT-SECURITY MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY Conference 2013“ berichtet Florian Oelmaier von Corporate Trust, Business Risk & Crisis Management über aktuelle Cyberwar- und Industriespionagefälle.ITB: Wie weit sind wir von einem [... mehr]

Quelle: IT Business (Original URL)

Analysis Storage giant NetApp has reported unremarkable revenue and falling profit figures for its fourth quarter and full year. It signals that NetApp is now a mature company and not a high-growth stock.But, behind the numbers, the firm has laid off hundreds of employees to help it stay in the black and keep investors at bay. The recently announced share repurchase scheme and dividend payments [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

Yoyota glänzt nicht nur mit Roboter-Shows, sondern auch mit Managementsystemen.Welcher (Lean-)Manager träumt nicht davon, dass das Suchen und Streben nach Verbesserung im betrieblichen Ablauf zur Routine wird - also eine Alltagstätigkeit, die jeder Mitarbeiter und jedes Team nicht nur wie im Schlaf beherrscht, sondern auch ganz selbstverständlich ausübt? Vermutlich fast jeder! Denn dann hätte [... mehr]

Quelle: ChannelPartner (Original URL)

CHIPMAKER Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich is taking direct responsibility for the firm's Architecture Group replacing Dadi Perlmutter, as former mobile division chief Mike Bell moves to a newly created role.Krzanich took the post of CEO at Intel only last week, but he didn't waste any time in making some changes at the world's largest chipmaker. Krzanich, who has a history of presiding over [... mehr]

Quelle: The Inquirer (Original URL)

Blue Coat Systems has continued its ongoing act of reinvention with the announcement that it is to acquire big data security vendor Solera Networks. The company will also buy small but innovative high-speed SSL encryption startup Netronome.The term of the deals have not been disclosed but are part of a strategy to broaden Blue Coat’s product base whilst turning it into an open security [... mehr]

Quelle: Techworld (Original URL)

Blue Coat Systems has continued its ongoing act of reinvention with the announcement that it is to acquire big data security vendor Solera Networks. The company will also buy small but innovative high-speed SSL encryption startup Netronome.The term of the deals have not been disclosed but are part of a strategy to broaden Blue Coat’s product base whilst turning it into an open security [... mehr]

Quelle: Techworld (Original URL)

The Channel uses cookies. Some may have been set already. Read about managing our cookies.Please click the button to accept our cookies. If you continue to use the site, we'll assume you're happy to accept the cookies anyway.The wait is almost over for any Brit wanting to take a punt on a homegrown cloud services firms: the UK-based Outsourcery is poised to list on the Alternative Investment [... mehr]

Quelle: The Register (Original URL)

The wait is almost over for any Brit wanting to take a punt on a homegrown cloud services firms: the UK-based Outsourcery is poised to list on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)* this Friday.The Manchester-headquartered business is placing a little more than 11.5 million Ordinary Shares at 110 pence giving it a market capitalisation of £34.6m - at least that is the company's estimation.This [... mehr]

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Check Point hat unter dem Namen "600 Appliances" weitere Geräte eingeführt, die kleinen Unternehmen mit bis zu 100 Mitarbeitern leistungsstarke Sicherheit der Enterprise-Klasse bieten sollen, um diese vor den neuesten Cyber-Angriffen wie Viren, Spam und bösartigen Websites zu schützen. Die 600 Appliances sind nach Aussage des Herstellers eine erschwingliche All-in-One-Sicherheitslösung mit einer [... mehr]

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